The scandal over the massive security breach overseen by several Trump administration national security figures is still the biggest story of the Week, so naturally Stephen Colbert devoted a lot of his Wednesday night monologue to the topic.
We assume you’re familiar with the story of how Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, was accidentally added to a group chat on the Signal app involving several Trump officials — including Secretary of State Pete Hegseth — in which they discussed classified military plans. But if you need a catch up, read this.
Meantime, among other things, Colbert commented on Hegseth, who basically oversaw the debacle, joking that “after the Atlantic article dropped, Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth did what any mature, slightly buzzed individual would do when accused: He posted an unhinged rant on Twitter saying the Atlantic released the ‘so called war plans, and those plans include no names, no targets, no locations, no units, no routes, no sources, no methods and no classified information.’”
“A lot of that stuff was actually in there,” Colbert explained. “I, just were you looking to the same page? Were you looking at the right page on the Atlantic website? There was no war plan, just a fascinating deep dive on how Lady Gaga finally sounds like herself again.”
“Hegseth is too busy to think about this stuff anyway, saying, ‘as I type this, my team and I are traveling the Indo PACOM region, meeting with commanders and talking to troops,’ adding for more, hit me up on Signal, and I’ll add you to the
group chat,” Colbert continued.
There’s more of course, and you can watch the full monologue below:
Meanwhile, at the end of Wednesday’s “The Late Show,” Colbert gave a touching tribute to Taylor Tomlinson following the news her show, “After Midnight,” will end with Season 2 so she can focus on her stand up career. Watch that below:
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